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RFC 1866 - 5. Document Structure

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### 5. Document Structure

An HTML document is a tree of elements, including a head and body, headings, paragraphs, lists, etc. Form elements are discussed in 8, "Forms".

5.1. Document Element: HTML
5.2. Head: HEAD

5.2.1. Title: TITLE
5.2.2. Base Address: BASE
5.2.3. Keyword Index: ISINDEX
5.2.4. Link: LINK
5.2.5. Associated Meta-information: META
5.2.6. Next Id: NEXTID

5.3. Body: BODY
5.4. Headings: H1 ... H6
5.5. Block Structuring Elements

5.5.1. Paragraph: P
5.5.2. Preformatted Text: PRE

5.5.2.1. Example and Listing: XMP, LISTING

5.5.3. Address: ADDRESS
5.5.4. Block Quote: BLOCKQUOTE

5.6. List Elements

5.6.1. Unordered List: UL, LI
5.6.2. Ordered List: OL
5.6.3. Directory List: DIR
5.6.4. Menu List: MENU
5.6.5. Definition List: DL, DT, DD

5.7. Phrase Markup

5.7.1. Idiomatic Elements

5.7.1.1. Citation: CITE
5.7.1.2. Code: CODE
5.7.1.3. Emphasis: EM
5.7.1.4. Keyboard: KBD
5.7.1.5. Sample: SAMP
5.7.1.6. Strong Emphasis: STRONG
5.7.1.7. Variable: VAR

5.7.2. Typographic Elements

5.7.2.1. Bold: B
5.7.2.2. Italic: I
5.7.2.3. Teletype: TT

5.7.3. Anchor: A

5.8. Line Break: BR
5.9. Horizontal Rule: HR
5.10. Image: IMG

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